Beclepe

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To complain against; indict; accuse. obsolete, transitive
  2. 2
    To call upon; address; accost. obsolete, transitive
  3. 3
    To address as; call; name. obsolete, transitive
  4. 4
    To summon to a higher court; appeal. obsolete, transitive
  5. 5
    To appeal against; object to; disapprove. obsolete, transitive

Etymology

From Middle English beclepen, bicleopien, from Old English beclipian, becleopian (“to accuse, summon, challenge, sue at law”), equivalent to be- + clepe.

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